How is the CON author’s point of view revealed and refined in the article?
How is the CON author’s point of view revealed and refined in the article?
A
At first, the author acknowledges that reparations could be helpful in certain circumstances. Then, he claims that people who were treated as second-class citizens during Jim Crow should be the only ones to get reparations. Finally, he points out that reparations based on ancestry is difficult to track and determine so many years after the end of slavery.
B
At first, the author acknowledges that reparations seem like a reasonable request for Black Americans who descended from enslaved people to make. Then, he gets into the politics of reparations and the different view points of the two major political parties. Finally, he points out that all American citizens should ask themselves how they can improve the lives of their fellow Americans by opposing a bill that will only cause more problems.
C
At first, the author states that it was a failure for the United States not to pay people who were enslaved directly after the Civil War. Then, he claims that racism and injustices continued to affect Black Americans into the Jim Crow Era and beyond. Finally, he points out that many Black Americans today do not want to receive reparations because they are financially stable and it would be insulting to them.
D
At first, the author states the push for reparations prevents people from focusing on current issues hurting Black people today. Then, he claims that it will create further divides between Black Americans and white Americans and may give resources to those who do not need them. Finally, he points out that Black Americans today should not get the debts owed to the real victims.
The "con" perspective of this author on the subject of reparations is that it could further the divisiveness of the color line, give resources to certain people who do not need them, and that current Black Americans should not claim reparations from their ancestors.
